Spinal epidural abscess in hemodialysis patients: A case series and review

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1495-1500

  Wong, San S ^a   Daka, Smitha ^b   Pastewski, Andrew ^a   Kyaw, Win ^c   Chapnick, Edward ^a   Sepkowitz, Douglas ^b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE STUDY; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS CATHETER; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS; SPINE DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79958200247     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.11241210     Document Type: Article

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